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Social Medias can do wonders: it can make someone’s life
within few hours but at the same time take someone’s life. Social Medias have
now become a daily part of the youngsters’ lifestyle; the first thing that
almost everyone scrolls through every morning is social Medias. The craze for
social media has been increasing every year. About 600,000 Facebook accounts
are created everyday which pretty much sums up the current social media world
we live in.

Social Media now-a-days have become more of a site where
people try to show their lifestyle rather than sites which help in socializing
with people around the globe. This generation has come to an era where people
tend to click a picture of almost everything to have an active social media
site, where cell phones are firstly raised before the spoons and forks no
matter how hungry they are. Social Medias tend to affect a lot of life since
they are almost everything we surf during our working hours.

The power of social media is indeed enormous. Social Medias
are faster and have big reach. They are easier to access and also lets us
connect beyond the borders. Even though internet and Social Media have vast
advantages but it drags us to addiction and a lot of risks and threats.

Addiction is known as the state of mind where someone is
very dependent on something and is devoted to that activity. A research has
shown that online internet games and use of a lot of social media sites leads
to release of a chemical known as Dopamine which leads to addiction. Addiction
might not seem big of a deal to a lot of users but addiction leads to a lot of
impacts which include failure, frustration, loss if time and neglecting basic
need.

There are other risks and threats of internet and Social Medias
which include sexting, cyber bullying, offline sexual abuse, sextortion,
violence and online child sexual abuse and exploitation. Social Medias are not
as good as we thought them to be. A lot of teenagers tends to suicide or are
led to depression and anxiety due to this dark world that Social Sites have
created.

Thanks to the cyber security training at Unlimited by Child
Safe Net I got a chance to peek through the dark world of the Social Media. The
training was very effective and taught me a lot of things that I never knew of.
Mr. Anil Raghuvanshi Sir, gave us knowledge about every possible risks and on
how to prevent them. I came across threats that I didn’t even know about, one
of them is cyber grooming.

Sir also briefly went across the legal provisions regarding
cyber security that a lot of us are not even aware of. People tend to keep
quite through the bullying and abuse online because they still don’t know about
the different provisions that are included in our constitution. Some of the
provisions include:

I.Optional protocol

II.Convention 182

III.Children’s act-2048

IV.Electronic transactions act-2063

V.Electronic transactions act regulations-2064

Even though being an IT student, we were unaware of the legal
provisions that are in our country that is why it is very necessary we spread
the information and make sure each one of us is aware of the actions we can
take when in situations like cyber abuse and other cybercrimes.

Firstly, it is very necessary to be cautious online because “we
are our own warriors online”. Friend requests from the strangers should not be
accepted and in terms of any cyber bullying or abuse it is very necessary we
talk to our elders or trusted person. We can easily report and block the person
if they are bullying us in anyway. It is very necessary to be cautious online
as “precaution is better than cure” and “never blame yourself for the cyber
abuse”. Sometimes we may get into the bait and get abused. So, what should you
do if you are abused?

I.First things first, it is very necessary to be
strong and brave and remember that you are not guilty.

II.Keeping a proof of the abuse is another
necessary part.

III.Talking to parents, teachers or any trusted
friend is very necessary.

IV.Contact a child helpline number (1098) if necessary.

Internet might seem bed of roses, with everything nice but
it has thrones to it and it is very necessary that we are cautious online; and
that we treat our passwords like tooth brushes that are not to be shared with
anybody and are to be changed every month. Before sharing any information
online to a stranger it is very vital that we remember “internet does not
forget and neither does it forgive.”